Counselor’s exclusive ranking of the distributors with the most revenue in the promo products market.

Staples (asi/120601)

Rich Witaszak, the previous leader of Staples’ promo arm, departed the company in 2019 and was replaced by Eckhouse, who has held multiple titles since joining Staples in 2013. Late last year, plans were revealed for the distributor to sell through Essendant, a wholesale distributor of office supplies that Staples Inc. had purchased in 2018.

Previous rank: 2

2019 Revenue: $601.6 (estimate)

Headquarters: Overland Park, KS

Year founded: 1946

Ownership: Private

Top officer: Matthew Eckhouse

All revenue figures shown in $millions
C = calendar year
F = fiscal year
NR = not ranked